German
German is the most widely spoken language in the EU, and Germany is the largest export nation in the EU and third largest in the world. Learning German, therefore, can only enhance your future employment prospective, whatever your chosen career path.
At Keele we offer 12 levels of German, from absolute beginner to post-A-level, available to all Keele students and staff.
See the module catalogue for the descriptions of:
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We also run an exchange programme with Lüneburg University, offering students on our language modules the chance to get first-hand experience of language and culture during vacation periods – see Residential Summer Language Courses.
Improved career prospects
You will increase your employment prospects.
Additional qualifications
You have the opportunity to gain an extra qualification alongside your degree.
Enhanced experience
You will develop communicative as well as linguistic skills and a better understanding of other cultures.
Increased choice
You have a wide variety of languages and courses to chose from.
And it's fun!
You have the chance to learn in an atmosphere which is professional but also relaxed and enjoyable.
You may choose to enrol for one semester only or take a number of modules for more systematic language learning and the opportunity to achieve an Enhanced Degree Title or a record of achievement on your HEA report.
The Language Centre offers up to 12 levels (stages 1 - 12), from absolute beginner to post A level. It is important to select the appropriate level based on your previous experience. To help you decide please click here for a helpful guide or contact our administration team (languages@keele.ac.uk) who will be happy to discuss this further with you.
These stages are comparable to the Common European Framework Reference (CEFR) for further details please see Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Times for classes are dependent on the Keele undergraduate timetable and may be any time between 9.00 am and 7.00 pm Monday to Friday. Times will be available from the beginning of each semester. Please note that a number of language classes will be timetabled on Wednesday afternoons to avoid clashes with core modules.
Every effort is made to minimize timetable clashes for students. However, as each language module caters for students from all years of study and all three subject timetable blocks this is not possible in all cases. If an unresolvable timetable clash occurs your core module takes priority.
What our students say
Here's what some of our previous students had to say about our German Modern Language modules:
"Very happy with this module, I thoroughly enjoyed it, more than I ever expected to. The teaching was brilliant and I felt like I was improving more and more each lesson. My best taught module this semester, very glad I took it."
"This was my third German module and I've enjoyed each of them equally. Wonderful teaching and great topics!"
"Thoroughly enjoyed the module, I found the teacher to be very good and very approachable."